Saturday, February 11, 2012

Potential Graduate Programs

  • Cognitive Science
  • Education
    • General 
    • Math
    • Peace Corps
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
    •  Comparative Studies
    • Liberal Arts/Studies/Humanities
  • Logic and Philosophy of Science
  • Social Work/Nonprofit Organizations
  • Other
    • International Relations/Studies
    • Library and Information Science
    • Museology
    • Really Crazy Ideas


Main Concerns
1.       (i.e. the most important) Money
a.       In-state vs. out-of-state tuition
b.      Parental Approval
2.       Location
a.       Proximity to support person/group
b.      Aversion to large metropolitan areas
3.      Marketability
a.       see Parental Approval
b.      vs. personal satisfaction
                                                              i.      vs. tendency to lose interest and self sabotage
4.      Program Pre-Requisites
a.       Undergraduate GPA
b.      Undergraduate course requirements
                                                              i.      Second language requirements


The study was designed to answer the following questions:
o   Why are doctoral students pursuing the Ph.D.?
o   How effective are doctoral programs at preparing students for the wide range of careers they pursue, both in and out of the academy?
o   How effective are doctoral programs at preparing students to be faculty members?
o   Do students understand what doctoral study entails before they enroll and once they begin their studies?
o   Do   students   understand what is expected of them during their programs and how to adequately meet those expectations?
o   Are the day-to-day processes of doctoral programs sufficiently clear so that students can concentrate on developing knowledge and skills?

Findings
o   The training doctoral students receive is not what they want, nor does it prepare them for the jobs they take.
o   Many students do not clearly understand what doctoral study entails, how the process works and how to navigate it effectively.



·         Cognitive Science
A program that focuses on the study of the mind and the nature of intelligence from the interdisciplinary perspectives of computer science, philosophy, mathematics, psychology, neuroscience, and other disciplines.
§  California
·         UC Berkeley
·         UC San Diego
·         UC Santa Barbara
§  Florida
·         Florida State University
·         Miami University
§  Georgia
·         Emory University
·         Georgia State University
·         Georgia Tech
·         University of Georgia
§  Michigan: University of Michigan
§  Missouri
·         Washington University in St. Louis: Philosophy-Neurosciences-Psychology
§  New York
·         University of Rochester
§  Oregon: University of Oregon
§  Texas
·         University of Texas at Austin
§  Virginia
·         George Mason University
§  Washington: University of Washington

·         Education - (the safe option)
o   General
§  Anywhere
§  California
·         UC Berkeley: Development in Mathematics and Science
§  Oregon
·         Portland State University: Inclusive Elementary Educator
·         University of Oregon: Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education
o   Math
§  Anywhere
§  Georgia
·         Valdosta State
·         UGA
·         Colorado: University of Colorado Boulder
·         Florida: University of Miami
·         California: California State University Northridge
·         Massachusetts: Wheelock College
·         Michigan
·          Michigan Technological University
·         New York: SUNY Oswego

·         Florida: University of Central Florida
·         Iowa: Iowa State University
·         New York: New York University
·         Oregon
·         Texas
·         Virginia: George Mason University
·         Washington
o   Comparative Studies
o   Comparative Literature (Rachel’s choice)
§  Georgia: UGA
o   Liberal Arts/Studies/Humanities (too broad, not academic enough?)
§  Georgia
§  North Carolina: Duke
o    Humanities
§  Oregon: Reed College

Logic is the broad field concerned with all aspects of reasoning.  It is fundamental to Computer Science, Mathematics, Philosophy, Linguistics and other disciplines.
·         California:
o   Stanford
o   UC Irvine
o   UCLA
·         Delaware: University of Delaware
·         Florida: University of Florida
·         Illinois:
·         Indiana:
o   University of Notre Dame
o   Logic
·         Maryland: University of Maryland
·         Massachusetts: MIT
·         Michigan: University of Michigan
·         Minnesota: University of Minnesota
·         New Jersey: Rutgers University
·         New York: Logic in the New York area
·         Ohio: Ohio State University
·         Pennsylvania:
·         Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin




o   Episcopal Seminaries (non-ordination track M.A.)
§  Massachusetts: Episcopal Divinity School
§  Tennessee: Sewanee

§  Georgia: University of Georgia
§  New York: Columbia (Fundraising Management)
§  Oregon

§  Georgia: Georgia Tech
o   International Relations/Studies
§  Georgia
o   UGA
o   Library and Information Science (Another Rachel approved field)
§  Georgia: Valdosta State
§  South Carolina: University of South Carolina (English + Library and Information)
o   Museology/Museum Studies
§  Washington: University of Washington
o   Really Crazy Ideas
§  New Zealand
·         Victoria University of Wellington: MSc Logic and Computation
§  UK
·         Queen’s University Belfast: MA Cognition and Culture
·         The University of Edinburgh
·         University of Leeds: Ph.D. in Mathematical Logic
·         University of Manchester: MSc in Mathematical Logic and the Theory of Computation

1 comment:

Jordan Cofer said...

Sarah,

I think what you've done here is very valuable, you've made a wide net with all of your possibilities. Now, you have to start narrowing down your options with your concerns in mind. I, too, didn't really want to go to graduate school in a large metropolitan city. As far as money, you should definitely look into stipends. Some programs offer teaching/research assistantships (TA/RA), while other schools offer an out-of-state tuition waiver.

As far as choosing a program is concerned, I would stick to a discipline-specific program rather than an interdisciplinary program. As I said, after reading your Socrates essay, I think you would do well in a philosophy program.